The Daily Grind: What's your MMO of the year?

You've all heard Massively's (somewhat contradictory) opinions on the best MMOs of 2012, and some of you wanted a chance to chime in on the top awards, even though the results of polls can be... somewhat dubious (see image above from a few years back -- and also raise your hand if you've never even heard of like half of those). So let's test the theory that community polling is worthless and do some informal best-of polls anyway!

Remember, the games and expansions you're voting on had to have been released in 2012 (that means Star Wars: The Old Republic is more or less out for having launched at the tail end of 2011, but if you want to write it in anyway, that's OK too -- we did for our awards too, after all). We don't really have room for every game in the poll, so feel free to do write-ins at the end and then tell us why you voted the way you did.

What was the best MMO launched in 2012?

Arcane Legends

14 (0.2%)

Dark Legends

11 (0.1%)

Guild Wars 2

2326 (28.2%)

Pirate101

3164 (38.4%)

PlanetSide 2

502 (6.1%)

RaiderZ

50 (0.6%)

TERA

197 (2.4%)

The Secret World

1508 (18.3%)

Tribes: Ascend

58 (0.7%)

Wakfu

22 (0.3%)

Something else

387 (4.7%)

What was the best MMO expansion launched in 2012?

Chains of Eternity (EQII)

117 (1.9%)

Menace of the Underdark (DDO)

114 (1.9%)

Mists of Pandaria (WoW)

1671 (27.2%)

New Horizons (Allods)

72 (1.2%)

Rain of Fear (EQ)

84 (1.4%)

Retribution (EVE)

762 (12.4%)

Riders of Rohan (LotRO)

645 (10.5%)

Storm Legion (RIFT)

1413 (23.0%)

Something else

1257 (20.5%)

Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!